A Floating City and the Blockade Runners

by Jules Verne

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374 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1871

About the author

Novels of French writer Jules Gabriel Verne, considered the founder of modern science fiction, include Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).

This author who pioneered the genre. People best know him for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).

Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction."

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Reviews

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am SR this book and Project Gutenberg will publish it pretty soon.

Une ville flottante:
Le narrateur, qui ne se nomme pas, effectue une traversée de l’Atlantique sur un gigantesque paquebot, le Great-Eastern. Au cours de cette traversée, il rencontre sur le même navire son ami, le capitaine McElwin, qui est à la recherche de sa fiancée mariée contre son gré à un rival ; la jeune femme en est tombée folle de chagrin.

Les Forceurs de blocus:
L’action se déroule durant la guerre de Sécession. James Playfair, le capitaine du forceur de blocus Delphin, part chercher du coton dans le port de Charleston alors sous l'emprise d'un blocus nordiste. Il ne se doute pas que le jeune marin qu’il embarque à son bord est en fait la fille d’un journaliste abolitionniste incarcéré dans cette ville…

[Christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

two classic tales from Verne. The first deals with a large ship, larger than any built (at the time) and the adventures on board, ending with a duel and long description of the grandeur of Niagara Falls. The inner geek in Jules Verne lovingly describes the technological innovations that went into the.construction and activity of the ship, The Great Eastern.

The second story is a straightforward nautical adventure yarn of an English blockade runner during the American Civil War who, in exchange for cheap cotton, is giving ammunition to Confederates who are under siege. He finds more than he bargains for with a young woman who stowed aboard.

[Nicholas Grylls · Rating 4 out of 5]

great book

A Floating City was a Great Book. Very enjoyable

The Blockade Runners is a a Great shorter book by Verne